The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2175
Waning Crescent
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
11:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.17° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.95° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.